The Facebook updates were published by Sam Nunberg, a
communications consultant on Trump's campaign. Nunberg's comments
on Facebook were
first reported by Business Insider on Friday. They include
multiple posts where Nunberg described President Barack Obama as
"Kenyan" and "Muslim," and a 2007 update where Nunberg wrote
about calling Sharpton's daughter "N---!"

"You would have to wonder why this guy would be comfortable
enough to post this on his Facebook and then have that job
and not be concerned ... that someone that does not have views
that are racial would even be open to him being around them,"
Sharpton said. "This appears to me to be very much his persona.
This is not a secret."

Trump, who is currently the front-runner in the Republican
primary, has previously made controversial comments about the
black community. However, Trump has maintained that he has a
"great relationship with African-Americans."

"He and I have debated back and forth on race. I fought
him years ago on Central Park, and we talked cordially, then we
fell out on birther," Sharpton said of his relationship with
Trump. "I met with him and told him. He said, 'You can't call me
a racist.' I said, 'I think what you said was racist.' So we've
gone back-and-forth, but this shows an environment that is
intolerable."